The Takaichi Election and Japan’s National Security Future

The Takaichi Election and Japan’s National Security Future

Kristin Vekasi

Seeking Strategic Autonomy through Regional Trade Agreements: The Path of Institutional Hedging for Small and Medium-sized States under the RCEP

Seeking Strategic Autonomy through Regional Trade Agreements: The Path of Institutional Hedging for Small and Medium-sized States under the RCEP

Bangjie Hu & Hailong Ju

From Infallibility to Managed Fallibility: Natural Disasters as a Turning Point in Authoritarian North Korea

From Infallibility to Managed Fallibility: Natural Disasters as a Turning Point in Authoritarian North Korea

Minkwan Kim

After the Landslide: The Takaichi and Abe Governments in Comparative Perspective

After the Landslide: The Takaichi and Abe Governments in Comparative Perspective

Phillip Y. Lipscy

“One Step Forward, Two Steps Back”: Unpacking Pakistan’s Post-9/11 Policies of Madrassah Reforms

“One Step Forward, Two Steps Back”: Unpacking Pakistan’s Post-9/11 Policies of Madrassah Reforms

Abdur Rehman Shah

Find us in Lahore for AAS-in-Asia this September!

Find us in Lahore for AAS-in-Asia this September!

Pacific Affairs will be exhibiting at AAS-in-Asia 2026!

Volume 99 – No. 1

March 2026

The Mountain Is Moving, but Where To? Japan’s 2025 Upper House Election and the Future of Japanese Politics

The Mountain Is Moving, but Where To? Japan’s 2025 Upper House Election and the Future of Japanese Politics

Kyung-Gu Lee

Navigating a Cautious Pivot: Strategic Circumspection and Knowledge Diplomacy in Malaysia’s Engagement with Iran Under Anwar Ibrahim

Navigating a Cautious Pivot: Strategic Circumspection and Knowledge Diplomacy in Malaysia’s Engagement with Iran Under Anwar Ibrahim

Maziar Mozaffari Falarti

Governing Asymmetric Interdependence Networks: How Network Position and Institutional Power Shape US Hypersecuritization and Japanese Strategic Desecuritization of Submarine Cable Policies

Governing Asymmetric Interdependence Networks: How Network Position and Institutional Power Shape US Hypersecuritization and Japanese Strategic Desecuritization of Submarine Cable Policies

One-Sun Cho